See also: ovän

Esperanto

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Adjective

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ovan

  1. accusative singular of ova

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse ofan, from Proto-Germanic *ubanē. Cognate with Faroese oman, Icelandic ofan, Swedish ovan, and Danish oven.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ovan

  1. from above, downwards

Preposition

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ovan

  1. above

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ovьnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *awinas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒːʋan/
  • Hyphenation: o‧van

Noun

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óvan m (Cyrillic spelling о́ван)

  1. ram: a male sheep

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Further reading

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  • ovan” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

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Verb

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ovan

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ovar

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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o- +‎ van

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /uː.vɑːn/

Adjective

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ovan

  1. unaccustomed (to); not used to, inexperienced, lacking practice
Declension
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Inflection of ovan
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ovan ovanare ovanast
Neuter singular ovant ovanare ovanast
Plural ovana ovanare ovanast
Masculine plural3 ovane ovanare ovanast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ovane ovanare ovanaste
All ovana ovanare ovanaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish ovan, from Old Norse ofan. Cognate with Danish oven and German oben, as well as with the compound forms Dutch boven and English above.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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ovan (not comparable)

  1. above, overhead
    se bilden ovan
    see the above image

Preposition

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ovan

  1. above, at some unspecified point of higher altitude
    Högt ovan molnen
    High above the clouds

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